'Vile' Flintshire ex-Scout master who made boys choose who he should abuse is given new child sex jail term

A former Scout master jailed for abusing young boys has been given another 11 year sentence after more victims came forward.
Martyn Tucker, who had run a Scout troup in Flintshire in the past, was jailed for 12 years in 2014 for abusing youngsters he was supposed to be helping.
But more victims - who saw Tucker’s face in the media when he was sentenced - found the courage to come forward.
He admitted 28 further sexual offences - two said to be particularly serious - committed in what a judge today called “a campaign of abuse of the vilest kind”.
On one occasion, he told a young boy that it... read more

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